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Posted on 3/3/18 at 9:43 pm to lsuson
Are zucchini and yellow squash good for summer?
Posted on 3/3/18 at 10:13 pm to TigerTatorTots
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Are zucchini and yellow squash good for summer?
Yes.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 11:44 pm to TigerTatorTots
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Are zucchini and yellow squash good for summer?
Best in spring and early summer, never have faired well for me during the heat of mid-late summer.
Your experiance may be different though
Posted on 3/4/18 at 6:37 am to TigerTatorTots
Posted on 3/4/18 at 6:50 am to Nawlens Gator
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I planted 48 Big Beef tomatoes
I had 1 spot left and planted one yesterday. First time planting these.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 9:50 am to TigerTatorTots
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Are zucchini and yellow squash good for summer?
In my area, east of ATL, these grow great until the squash boring wasps show up and wipe them out. I don't even bother anymore. How to know you've been hit... you notice they are all droopy, you water them well, they perk up, and in two hours they are droopy again. That's the wasp larvae in the base of the stem eating it out. Find out if these are a pest in your specific location.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 10:15 am to deeprig9
If you can get netting to cover the vines, you can prevent the larvae from getting on the flowers and destroying the plant. Small mesh netting of course.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 10:33 am to JamalSanders
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don't eat tomatoes (do make homemade salsa though), okra, corn, or peas. So I guess more onions, herbs, carrots, or potatoes.
I use a cattle trough, with holes drilled for drainage.
Carrots are a winter crop. You could do bell peppers, eggplant, string beans. Potato take a lot of space, and you would have needed to start last year. It’s a PITA.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 10:45 am to GusMcRae
You don't need a lot of space to do potatoes. I place mine in old garbage cans and drill holes in the can for proper drainage. As the stalks grow upwards I wait till they get about 6-9" above the soil and then add more soil till your about 4" from the top of the stalks. Once you get to the top of the can let it die out and then dump the contents on a tarp and you should yield at least 10 lbs of potatoes.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 11:47 am to lsuson
Went to Walmart since it was such a nice day yesterday and picked up a 6 packs of better boys, husky cherry tomatoes and jalapeño peppers. Standard stuff to get started. I put 2 of the cherry tomato plants in pots so I can drag them in if I need to. I'm not so sure it won't freeze again in NWLA. So I got the other tomato and pepper plants just hanging out until I'm ready to put them in my garden.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 12:26 pm to deeprig9
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squash boring wasps
These jerks are the reason GMO squash are developed. Once they lay eggs on the vine it's pretty much game over.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 12:56 pm to lsuson
So that’s not a pain? Sounds like it.
Do they taste different than the ones you buy in a store?
Do they taste different than the ones you buy in a store?
Posted on 3/4/18 at 5:56 pm to GusMcRae
Spent all day in the yard and garden today. I'm exhausted. I'm really excited though because I'm growing a few varieties that I've never grown before including Japanese Black Trifele, Paul Robeson, Big Zac, and Big Beef.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 8:45 pm to GusMcRae
I have an old oval water trough, bottom rusted out would like to plant vegetables. What is best soil to use and what plants would do best. Thanks
Posted on 3/4/18 at 8:48 pm to LSUlefty
I just finished 2 yellow squash, 2 cherry tomato, and 3 creole tomato in my 4x8 raised bed
Posted on 3/4/18 at 11:15 pm to TigerTatorTots
My asparagus is starting to produce, I bought some tomato plants (celebrity, Early Girl, roma) on saturday and need to get them in the ground but we still may get a freeze up here. I dug up a couple of tomato plant volunteers last fall and nursed then through the winter. I set them out and something, maybe a squirrel, ate them. I'm hoping they put out new growth. My beer hops are shooting up too.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:19 am to Pussykat
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I have an old oval water trough, bottom rusted out would like to plant vegetables. What is best soil to use and what plants would do best. Thanks
If you've never grown tomatoes before I suggest starting with a hybrid like Better Boy or Celebrity. They're easy to grow. My raised beds have Top Soil, Compost/Manure, and Peat Moss along with some homemade compost. That soil mixture has never failed me.
Posted on 3/5/18 at 8:37 am to LSUlefty
This is my first year having a garden, still have no idea what I'm doing so far.
Picked up cilantro, basil, better boy, roma, and brussel sprout plants. These have been doing ok so far, cilantro is struggling a bit but seems to be doing better.
I started from seed, brandywine, jalapeno, banana peppers, and serrano. Everything has sprouted under a shop light in the garage, thinned them out, which seemed to knock them back a little but they are making a come back.
Like I said, I have no idea what I'm doing so it's all learning
Picked up cilantro, basil, better boy, roma, and brussel sprout plants. These have been doing ok so far, cilantro is struggling a bit but seems to be doing better.
I started from seed, brandywine, jalapeno, banana peppers, and serrano. Everything has sprouted under a shop light in the garage, thinned them out, which seemed to knock them back a little but they are making a come back.
Like I said, I have no idea what I'm doing so it's all learning
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